Why do people need alcoholism treatment?
The disease of alcoholism or addiction must lie, and it must continue to lie, or it cannot exist. Alcoholism cannot live in the light of the truth. You can’t tell the truth to yourself and continue be an alcoholic or drug addict. With the truth, you would realize the problem, and get some help. All of the lies exist to protect the alcoholic or drug addict from a painful truth. The truth is, we are out of control, and if we keep up the addictive behavior, we are doomed. The truth causes us great anxiety so we defend ourselves from the truth. We distort the truth just enough to feel like nothing is wrong. The reason alcoholics need alcoholism treatment is they are lying to themselves and they don’t know it. They couldn’t tell you the truth if they wanted to, because they don’t know what it is. This self-delusion grows gradually over many years. People who need alcoholism treatment think they are fine even when they are dying. MINIMIZATION The first lie we tell ourselves is called minimiz
